Mijal Luria
Obstetrician-Gynecologist & Sex Therapist
Lecturer
Dr. Mijal Luria, MD, is an attending obstetrician-gynecologist and sex therapist. She is the President of the Israeli Society for Sexual Medicine (ILSSM), the Director of the Center for Sexual Health at the Hadassah Mt. Scopus Medical Center and co-director of the Rotem Center for Multidisciplinary Sex Therapy, in Jerusalem, Israel.
Her clinical work encompasses the treatment of couples and individuals with sexual problems, with a special focus on women’s sexual wellbeing. As both a gynecologist and a sex therapist working in a multicultural setting, Dr. Luria has a wide understanding and clinical expertise about the complexity of the hormonal, emotional, and cultural factors that affect women’s sexuality throughout the different life stages. Dr. Luria co-directs the Jerusalem Hebrew University Medical School course “Introduction to Human Sexuality”, created the program “Growing Together” for sexual education of early adolescents and their parents, and created the “Healthy Relationships Program” for sexual education of high school students. Dr. Luria has ongoing collaborations on several research projects. She was a member of the European Federation of Sexology (EFS) executive committee and was co-chair of the EFS scientific committee. She is also a member of the European Federation for Sexual Medicine (ESSM) and the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) scientific committees.
